Convert radians to degrees of an angle with this Radians to Degrees Calculator.

To convert, use this radians to degrees formula:
Degrees = Radians x ( 180 / Pi )

Example: With a an angle of 1.05 radians, the degrees of that angle
would be:

Degrees = 1.05 x ( 180 / 3.1416 )

Calculated out this gives an angle of 60.160 degrees.
(rounded to the nearest 1,000th)

A radian is a unit of measure for angles, based on the radius of a circle. It is the SI unit for measuring angles. If you think about a circle radius, and the relationship with Pi. You can take the radius and multiply it by Pi to get half a circle. A full circle would be 2*Pi and the radius. About 6.28 radians for a full circle.

To help understand the relationship between degrees and radians, you can practice converting radians to degrees, and degrees back to radians.

To convert, use this angle degrees to radians formula:
Radians = Degrees x ( Pi / 180)

Example: With a an angle of 53 degrees, the radians of that angle
would be:

Radians = 53 x ( 3.1416 / 180)

Calculated out this gives an angle of .925 radians.
(rounded to the nearest 1,000th)

Practice with the Degrees to Radians Calculator.

Roger Cotes is generally credited with using the concept of radians in place of using degrees of a circle. Before radians were named, they were referred to as a circular measure of a circle. Long before Cotes, there were others that were measuring angles by the length of an arc. One, Al-Kashi, was using diameter parts as a unit.

It wasn't until around 1870 that the term Radian started to be used. It still took many years until the term was commonly used in mathematics.

Radians are commonly used in branches of mathematics beyond your standard geometry. Once you start into trigonometry and calculus, radians are the standard way of measuring angles.